disguisting to God, & delightful to no one but the devil.” – M W Knapp

Jer 10.12 He hath MADE the Earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the Heavens by his discretion. – God made Heaven, Earth, World # 25

“Keep as sweet as John & at the same time as bold as Peter

after the Pentecostal Baptism.”

– M W Knapp /Revival Kindlings/

SENSE GOD

I see God in a pansy so small,

In an oak, a mountain wall.

I see Him in the moon’s light ball,

In a canyon’s hall, a leaf’s bright fall.

I see Him over all. Do You?

I smell God in the month of May,

In new mown hay, on a rainy day.

I smell Him in a salty bay,

In October’s gay, in the dew’s lay.

I smell Him in many a way. Do You?

I hear God in the wind’s toot,

In an owl’s hoot, in rain’s dilute.

I hear Him in the music of a flute,

In the drop of fruit, the bird’s “salute.”

I hear Him in rife pursuit. Do You?

I feel God in a baby’s skin,

In the grass thin, a grain bin.

I feel Him in a fish’s fin,

In a honey locust “pin,” feathers of a wren.

I feel Him “then.” Do You?

I taste God in an apple so sweet,

In well-done meat, a nutty treat.

I taste Him in the product of wheat,

In salt’s feat, when spices meet.

I taste Him replete. Do You? – eab, Jan. 1966

Mat 1.21

“…Thou shalt call his name JESUS:

for he shall save his people from their sins.”

People who are saved from a burning house are happy to be out. Souls saved from drowning are glad to be out of the water. Many, however do not want to be saved From their sin – they want to be saved from hell (the consequence of sin). But sin itself? No. They relish it. This *not* how Jesus nor true salvation works.

– eab, 1/4/19

“…Nothing under the sun is more hurtful

than the doctrine of men’s tradition and works…”

– Martin Luther, /Commentary on Galatians/

Would that every church which has the concept of a second work of grace in its manual, had members who lived holy. Would that every pastor who belongs to a “holiness” denomination (or connection) preached a clear holiness message. Christ died not only to redeem but “Jesus…that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate” (Heb 13.12).